Vehicle human machine interface in response to strained eye detection

US10902273B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• DENSO International America, Inc. · US
• DENSO CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Vikas Upmanue · Novi, US
• Sean Bleicher · Fenton, US
• Te-Ping Kang · Ann Arbor, US
• Yu Zhang · Beijing, CN
• Bilal Alasry · Dearborn, US
• Scott Walenty · Farmington Hills, US
• Doua Vang · Waterford, US
• Tetsuya Hara · Kurashiki, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/21
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle system in a vehicle, comprising a first sensor configured to survey an environment proximate to the vehicle, including an object outside of the vehicle, a second sensor located within a vehicle cabin and configured to obtain data indicative of facial information of an occupant of the vehicle, and a processor in communication with the first and second sensors and programmed to output information regarding the object on a display of the vehicle system in response to the data indicative of the facial information indicating that the occupant is viewing the object outside of the vehicle.